Intro: This is a battle we played on January 06th, 2019, for playtesting my own BEF Campaign centered on the actions of “K” battery, 5th Royal Horse Artillery. It is a 3-scenario campaign which I will publish somewhere soon. This game is scenario 2. This is 04:15 PM, may 27th, 1940. A big convoy of …
Read More ESCAPE FROM HONDEGHEM. A BATTLEGROUP BLITZKRIEG AAR
Continuing with the insights and peeks into Clash of Spears here we are presenting you a small of example of the mechanics that you will find in our game. This is only a glimpse but you can see some of the elements in the game, fatigue, actions and reaction, flexibility in formations and combat stance, …
Read More Roman Legionary vs Carthaginian Warrior
INTRO: Last weekend I made my yearly Ireland post-salute visit to Piers Brand. We always have great fun and plenty of BG games and post-battle pub-discussion. But this time was special. I was invited for a proper full playtesting of the upcoming Battlegroup Pacific Book with the BG design team. It was Saturday night, and …
Read More HARAKIRI GULCH. A BATTLEGROUP PACIFIC AAR
This is a quick battle report for a fun game of Clash of Spears that we played on Sunday. In this game a roaming warband of Gauls encounters a detachment from a Spartan expeditionary force in southern Italy, aka. Magna Grecia. The quick report is in gallery form so just open up the gallery and …
Read More Fighting the Greek invaders !
Ok time to introduce CLASH of Spears. Since 2018 we have been working on a set of rules for ancients skirmish. By Skirmish we mean 30-60 figures per side operating in small units. Many of us love ancients wargaming, and we have tried many rules for large battles over the years. However, for large battles it …
Read More Introducing CLASH of Spears !
So today is 201 years since the Patriot victory at Maipu by the Argentine-Chilean army commanded by Jose de San Martin. Some time ago I ran a game at Cold Wars based on this battle as it was the revolutionary wars were the convention theme. This is the scenario used for that convention for Sam …
Read More The Battle of Maipu April 5th, 1818